METOPE

Greek Name

Μετωπη

Transliteration

Metôpê

Latin Spelling

Metope

Translation

Between-the-Eyes (metôpon)

METOPE was the Naiad-nymph of the springs and stream of Metope near the town of Stymphalos in Arkadia (southern Greece). Her waters were probably regarded as the source of the Sikyonian Asopos (Asopus), the stream of her river-god husband.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 156 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Metope, herself a daughter of the river Ladon, married him [the river Asopos] and bore two sons, Ismenos (Ismenus) and Pelagon, and twenty daughters, of whom Zeus kidnapped one named Aigina (Aegina)."

Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 72. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) :
"Asopos made his home in Phlios (Phlius) [the land of Sikyon], where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos (Pelasgus) and Ismenos (Ismenus), and twelve daughters, Korkyra (Corcyra) and Salamis, also Aigina (Aegina), Peirene, and Kleone (Cleone), then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis (Chalcis)."

Aelian, Historical Miscellany 2. 33 (trans. Wilson) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) :
"The nature of rivers, and their streams, are visible to us. But men who honour them, and have statues made of them, in some cases set up anthropomorphic statues, while others give them bovine form. A likeness to cattle is attributed by the Stymphalians to Erasinos and Metope."